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landgraviate

American  
[land-grey-vee-it, -eyt] / lændˈgreɪ vi ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

noun

  1. the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.


landgraviate British  
/ lændˈɡreɪvɪɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈlændɡrəˌveɪt /

noun

  1. the domain or position of a landgrave or landgravine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of landgraviate

1650–60; < Medieval Latin landgraviātus. See landgrave ( Medieval Latin landgravius ), -ate 3

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He counted the landgraviate as definitely his by the treaty of St. Omer as Brabant by heritage or Liege by conquest.

From Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Putnam, Ruth

The small landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg was formed in 1622 from Hesse-Darmstadt.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

Charles ordered a review at Ensisheim, the official capital of the landgraviate.

From Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Putnam, Ruth

From the free imperial city they drove to Marburg, in the landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, a hilly, well-wooded country, with many fertile valleys and fields.

From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson

As the capital of the former landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, the town shared the vicissitudes of that state.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

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